...born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad

He who laughs last…doesn’t live in Iran or Canada: Long before there was a popular Ceeb shill-com depicting the high-larious antics of funny Muslims and silly infidels and their wee Prairie mosque, the Ayatollah Khomeini who, let’s face it, could never quite see the “fun” in “fundamentalism,” said the following sage words: “Dying,” he said, “is easy; comedy is hard.”

Just kidding. What he actually said was,

"Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious."

Which, when you think about it, kind of amounts to the same thing.

Who knew those words would also apply in the true north strong and free, where comedy is under siege from our own mullahs? From the National Post:

TORONTO -A comedian facing a human rights tribunal hearing over lesbian jokes he cracked has announced a benefit show to raise funds for his legal defence -- and one of the confirmed acts is lesbian comic Linda Ellis. Toronto comedian Guy Earle, pictured, was the emcee at a Vancouver openmic show in May, 2007 when, he says, three lesbians began heckling him and other comedians. Mr. Earle said he fought back by trying to offend them with several nasty jokes. One of the women, Lorna Pardy, filed a complaint with the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, which ruled last month that it would hear the case. Mr. Earle announced yesterday that 40 comics will perform on July 19 at The Comedy Bar in Toronto. The comics "will hit the stage for one minute of raw, uncensored social commentary," said Mr. Earle. "Standup is the embodiment of free speech and this show personifies our right to speak while we still can."

Ayatollahs; HRCs: seems they’re both in the biz of enforcing “virtue” and curtailing “anti-social” laughter.

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